# ScrapingAnt vs Scrapingdog (slim)

> Scrapingdog has a score of 39.3 (E) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 40 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Scrapingdog has a score of 39.3 (E) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 40 points.

- ScrapingAnt: F 35.9, rank #440 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.min.md
- Scrapingdog: E 39.3, rank #425 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.min.md
- Pick ScrapingAnt for agent ergonomics (+22), security & auth (+5). Pick Scrapingdog for reliability (+32), maintenance & community (+40).

| Category | ScrapingAnt | Scrapingdog |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 62 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 43 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 44 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 10 | 5 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 5 | 45 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 57 | 57 |